[libvirt] [PATCH v2 0/4] Extra validation for the <sysinfo> section

[John Ferlan]

On 05/13/2013 01:01 PM, John Ferlan wrote:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=890494
> 
> The <sysinfo> section needs an extra uuid validation check.  The current
> check compares the numerical sysinfo/system_uuid with the domain uuid;
> however, it's possible that someone added extra hyphens into the sysinfo
> uuid which results in the inability to start the domain (at least qemu).
> Rather than fail due to improper format, adjust/save to the expected format.
> 
> The bug report indicates the 'date' field should at least be syntax checked
> based on what's desribed in the SMBIOS spec.  From the spec:
> 
> "String number of the BIOS release date. The date string, if supplied, is
> in either mm/dd/yy or mm/dd/yyyy format. If the year portion of the string
> is two digits, the year is assumed to be 19yy.
> 
> NOTE: The mm/dd/yyyy format is required for SMBIOS version 2.3 and later"
> 
> v2 -> v1 differences:
> 
>  - Moved Sysinfo field validation checks from virDomainDefParseXML() into
>    virSysinfoParseXML()
> 
>  - As long as the virUUIDParse() value matches the domain's UUID field
>    save the 'correct' format in the system_uuid field - that is don't
>    error out just because of extraneous space or dash in provided UUID.
> 
>  - Added tests for date field and uuid comparison parsing errors.
> 
>  NOTE: 01 and 02 are unchanged
> 
> John Ferlan (4):
>   docs: Fix syntax in sysinfo description
>   docs: Update description of SMBIOS fields
>   Validate the bios_date format for <sysinfo>
>   Adjust improperly formatted <sysinfo> uuid
> 
>  docs/formatdomain.html.in                          | 51 +++++++++++---
>  src/conf/domain_conf.c                             | 78 ++++++++++++++++------
>  .../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smbios-date.xml  | 23 +++++++
>  .../qemuxml2argv-smbios-uuid-match.xml             | 23 +++++++
>  tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c                           |  2 +
>  5 files changed, 148 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smbios-date.xml
>  create mode 100644 tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smbios-uuid-match.xml
> 

Thanks for the reviews - this has been pushed.

John